By Carolyn Edgar With every New Year comes New Year's resolutions: to lose weight, to quit smoking, to find true love, to go back to school to get or finish that degree, to learn a foreign language, to take a cooking class, to be a better parent/spouse, etc. Gyms and yoga studios are packed in the first few days of each January. It all settles down pretty quickly. In a couple of weeks, we'll … [Read more...]
What’s a little foot fetish in a marriage?
I'll be honest- I know NOTHING, NADA, ZILCH about sports-- except that I am a sports widow and that my husband has a certain sports radio station on nearly every minute of the day and night ( it helps him fall asleep) but I digress.. Of course when I heard about REX RYAN coach of the Jets' alleged foot fetish tape being leaked for all of us hungry vultures to feed off of ( yes I guess I too am … [Read more...]
7 ways to avoid divorce this holiday season (if you’re SEXIST like me)
If you didn't get a chance to check out this article I wrote for Baby Center's MOMFORMATION blog , in which one of the commenters felt I was SEXIST, petty and childish I invite you to weigh in... Perhaps I am the only woman who is not married to a man who is enamored with spending LOTS of money and who giddily anticipates inviting over an army of guests and who NEVER displays any passive … [Read more...]
As a society, are we simply desensitized to infidelity?
I am one of MANY women who read this week's NY Times Vows section, which essentially details a couple who found each other, while both were still married- and yet their undeniable attraction for each other could not be contained. Although they say, they never engaged in a physical relationship with each other while they were still married- after much consternation and internal examination on both … [Read more...]
I wouldn’t mind an extra pat down at airport security
I know airport security is NO laughing matter. In fact this morning as I boarded my flight to Chicago, at JFK en route to compete as one of the Hillshire Farm fresh 15 bloggers ( I will be wowing them with my VERY Italian sandwich because that's how we roll up here on Staten Island) I broke into a COLD SWEAT. Yes, impossible to imagine being that New York City felt like 10 degrees below zero. But … [Read more...]